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Eeyore wrote:
You can actually get 'rechargable alkaline' types I believe but I expect
the wide availability of cheap Nicad and NiMH means they never took off.

According to Which? tests they performed badly especially if heavily
discharged. Only possible benefit I could see was the nominal 1.5 volts
per cell.

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*I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.

Dave Plowman London SW
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